Dennistoun is a Low Traffic Neighbourhood
Work is ongoing to some of the roads in Dennistoun to create a low traffic neighbourhood. This is a Glasgow City Council Spaces for People programme designed to reduce motor traffic and provide a quieter, safer environment that will encourage cycling and walking.
This Halloween Weekend Golfhill Primary Parent Council are inviting everyone to join them in The Big Dennistoun Pumpkin Trail. An alternative way of guising / trick or treating and a safe way to have fun.
Dennistoun ranked number 8 for fun, food, culture and community in Time Out magazine's annual survey of the top 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world.
The TSB branch on Duke Street is planned for closure on the 10th February 2021. This is due to the vast majority of everyday transactions now being done digitally.
In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, the UK saw empty shelves at the supermarket for the first time in a generation. But in some parts of the country there is a historic lack of access to good food. We hear from a community project in Glasgow looking to change that.
This August, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday get a 50% discount on food and non-alcoholic drinks when you eat in at one of these participating establishments.
A new social enterprise in Dennistoun is offering a range of online classes to help the community during these challenging times. Dennistoun based Community Interest Company, Zennistoun Hub, offers alternative and complementary therapies to improve health and wellbeing.
William Allan was born in 1907 at Crinan Street and in his small book he recounts his days in Dennistoun from before the first World War until the start of 1939.
James Findlay Hendry was educated at Whitehill School in Dennistoun and travelled through Europe, Africa and North America becoming a translator with the United Nations.
